Cardgrrl
@cardgrrl.bsky.social
Here since 7/23/2023. Writer, artist, strategist, poker-player. Engaged citizen. Fighting for justice, beauty, and love. Childless cat lady: I will not obey in advance. Or ever, actually. AVL/WNC.
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Cardgrrl
@cardgrrl.bsky.social
· Apr 1
A little housekeeping note: on Bluesky, likes are lovely, but (unlike Twitter) they don't influence what other people see. If you like a post, please consider reposting it or quoting it and adding your own thoughts. That's what gets it in front of more people
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There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
"No ceiling" is how you end up with billionaire vampires running a country.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"No ceiling" is how you end up with billionaire vampires running a country.
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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The only reason to have the military in D.C. is to increase tensions and antagonize people to the point they over-react, creating "justification" for increasing crackdowns on innocent people. It's all a con.
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The only reason to have the military in D.C. is to increase tensions and antagonize people to the point they over-react, creating "justification" for increasing crackdowns on innocent people. It's all a con.
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Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
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A reminder that the current SECDEF caught the eye of the president by championing the pardoning of American war criminals — men whose own units testified against them, and who were convicted by military juries
He should never have been nominated for, let alone confirmed in, this job
He should never have been nominated for, let alone confirmed in, this job
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A reminder that the current SECDEF caught the eye of the president by championing the pardoning of American war criminals — men whose own units testified against them, and who were convicted by military juries
He should never have been nominated for, let alone confirmed in, this job
He should never have been nominated for, let alone confirmed in, this job
Here lies Elon Musk.
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Here lies Elon Musk.
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in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
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Yes, right @kevinmkruse.bsky.social but why stop there? We know Hegseth will not resign over this. But any Member of Congress can introduce articles of impeachment against Hegseth + Trump and force a House floor vote, placing all Members on record re this High Crime + war crime. @fsfp.bsky.social 1/
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Yes, right @kevinmkruse.bsky.social but why stop there? We know Hegseth will not resign over this. But any Member of Congress can introduce articles of impeachment against Hegseth + Trump and force a House floor vote, placing all Members on record re this High Crime + war crime. @fsfp.bsky.social 1/
This is patently true and extremely dangerous.
Moving millions of people based solely on traits they were born with is 1) Impossible and 2) So expensive that it really quickly turns into “we should just kill them.”
And I’m not being hyperbolic. That’s literally what happens Every. Single. Time.
And I’m not being hyperbolic. That’s literally what happens Every. Single. Time.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is patently true and extremely dangerous.
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Imagine if all the hundreds of billions of dollars being pumped into AI was given instead to artists, writers, musicians. If/when the AI bubble bursts, everything will get crappier, but you give that money to artists: no bubble, just a world more humane and human in a million little ways.
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Imagine if all the hundreds of billions of dollars being pumped into AI was given instead to artists, writers, musicians. If/when the AI bubble bursts, everything will get crappier, but you give that money to artists: no bubble, just a world more humane and human in a million little ways.
Recommended reading. www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-fascis...
THE FASCIST WHO WROTE A MANIFESTO ON THANKSGIVING
Donald Trump didn’t wish America a Happy Thanksgiving.
www.closertotheedge.net
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Recommended reading. www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-fascis...
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Sometimes it’s not signaling. It’s just virtue. ❤️
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sometimes it’s not signaling. It’s just virtue. ❤️
It's always about him. Always.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's always about him. Always.
If we must think of it, can we please call it "Lizza-Nuzzi"? Sounds more like a cute furry Dr. Seuss character that way.
Showed this to my wife as we arrived at her parents’ house.
“I don’t know what this means,” she said.
I’m so jealous I could weep
“I don’t know what this means,” she said.
I’m so jealous I could weep
Do I try to explain the Nuzzi-Lizza situation to my in-laws at Thanksgiving dinner or do I just pass the stuffing and keep screaming in my own brain hmmmmmmm
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If we must think of it, can we please call it "Lizza-Nuzzi"? Sounds more like a cute furry Dr. Seuss character that way.
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Everyone but the insurance industry would be better off.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Everyone but the insurance industry would be better off.
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To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger…
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger…
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
Assholism runs in the family.
Karoline Leavitt's brother says his only concern is for his son. The mother of his child can rot in hell.
I bet he wears a big shiny cross around his neck too.
I bet he wears a big shiny cross around his neck too.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Assholism runs in the family.
Science is cool.
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Science is cool.
He lives in a snow-globe bubble of intense flattery and manipulation.
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
He lives in a snow-globe bubble of intense flattery and manipulation.
Karma is a… beautiful thing!
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Karma is a… beautiful thing!
Why would anyone object to a reminder of soldiers' duty to refuse illegal orders…?
…unless they were planning to give illegal orders.
…unless they were planning to give illegal orders.
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Why would anyone object to a reminder of soldiers' duty to refuse illegal orders…?
…unless they were planning to give illegal orders.
…unless they were planning to give illegal orders.
So, take away Venezuelan asylum seekers' protected status while claiming their home government is a dangerous drug-cartel run terrorist organization. Sure, that makes sense.
Send them back to a country you desperately want to attack militarily. Yeah, that tracks.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Send them back to a country you desperately want to attack militarily. Yeah, that tracks.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So, take away Venezuelan asylum seekers' protected status while claiming their home government is a dangerous drug-cartel run terrorist organization. Sure, that makes sense.
Send them back to a country you desperately want to attack militarily. Yeah, that tracks.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Send them back to a country you desperately want to attack militarily. Yeah, that tracks.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄